Bøker av Danna Smith

In this Easter board book, bunny hides eggs for all her forest friends—with a surprise for you at the end!

A rhyming look at of all the colorful things a young boy sees when he spends a Fall day exploring a farm and petting zoo.

An excellent resource for at home or in the classroomFrom the author of Peek-A-Boo Haiku (Simon & Schuster) comes a haiku how-to handbook. Haiku is a Japanese poetry form, but it's more than just a short, three-line poem. It's an opportunity to slow down, go outside, and experience the world in a new way. Haiku is a "snapshot" of a moment in nature (if you blink, you might miss it!), and it's a powerful way to show compassion for all living things.This book will help you understand haiku so you can create poems with powerful words and images. Each chapter contains examples from Japanese haiku masters and current poets. The included activities and templates will guide you through fun ways to "haiku," including painting poem stones for your garden (Kuhi), creating haiku comic strips, and writing group poems with your friends (Renga). How Do You Haiku? This handbook will show you how- step-by-step.Includes haiku by contributing poets Kate Coombs, Nancy Etchemendy, Matt Forrest Esenwine, Raven Howell, Linda Hoffman Kimball, Amy Losak, Bobi Martin, Angie Quantrell, Sydell Rosenberg, Lee Wardlaw, and Linda Whalen.

Aspen is a whiz at pop quizzes but she fails her DNA test big time!

A group of city friends work diligently together to grow herbs and vegetables in a rooftop garden. This rhythmic, rhyming story will have kids singing enthusiastically about the six stages of plant growth. The story concludes with a summer harvest and feast that celebrates the gardeners' commitment. Includes singalong audio and video animation.

This Little Golden Book celebrates all the bright and beautiful colors of winter!WHITE is out the window. Look at all the snow!RED is Grandma's old sled. Up the hill we go. . . .Preschoolers will enjoy this lively poem about all the festive colors of winter. They'll gaze at the cheerful, textured illustrations of a girl playing outside on a snowy day until it's time to warm up inside--over hot cocoa with Grandma. "TURQUOISE is the handle of my favorite cup. BROWN is hot cocoa that warms my insides up. . . ." This story, by one of today's acclaimed picture-book authors, has the feel of a cherished classic. A perfect companion to The Colors of Summer!

It''s springtime on the farm--and that means adorable piglets, lambs, and ducklings are waiting to be discovered. The perfect Easter or baby shower gift, fun to read all year long!Pony''s in the pasture.Gray Goose hears him say,"Let''s find the springtime babies--follow me this way!"Join the barnyard parade as Pony and Gray Goose go in search of animal babies just born on the farm. There are "bunnies in a basket and ducklings in a row," and of course piglets and fluffy lambs! But there are more babies to love when all the animals find the farmer and his wife holding their very own twins!